Son Raw does this for the culture. At some point this season, you will need a turn up mix for  when you’re having drinks, lest you leave the house sober: you should probably make it Oneman’s latest. Whereas London’s finest already effortlessly combined Garage, House, Grime and Dubstep into an all inclusive smorgasbord of UK […]

‘Because I’m 32, I know how to do my drugs.” Danny Brown, a role model for us all. Skinny Friedman, a friend of this site and a friend to felines everywhere, similarly understands the merits of the Hybrid. As a result, he has compiled Extra Pills, a collection of Danny Brown loosies that should sound […]

KCRW’s Anthony Valadez doing the Lord Quasimoto’s work and mixing a hybrid blend of the best of Stones Throw from the last 16 years. This takes you from early boom-bap from Peanut Butter Wolf and Charizma to the Stark Reality (the jazz group who gave you the sample for “Figg Get Da Money”) to Madlib, […]

There’s no telling how many thoroughly mediocre major label rap records I’ve listened to over the last five years, where a Jake One beat spikes up and briefly salvages things. Along with Alchemist and Tree, he is one of a handful of producers who can still flip a soul sample in a way that makes […]

This mix admittedly lacks the purity I expect from a New Jack Swing mix. I don’t know if I could classify MC Lyte and Ready for the World as New Jack Swing, but any mix that includes Guy and Jade and the other miscellaneous spawn of Teddy Riley is worth endorsing. Power 106’s DJ Carisma […]

Max Bell always preferred Allen Iverson. Today marks the re-release of Shaquille O’Neal’s rookie-season Reeboks shoes, The Shaq Attaq. If I had some disposable income—$160, plus tax—I’d be outside of Footlocker with my lawn chair and G-Pen like all of the other sneaker heads. Instead, I’ve settled for DJ Goulet’s (that one) commemorative Shaq Attaq mix, which […]

It’s a winter Friday and even normally gloating is LA is murky and miserable. So on an afternoon like this, it’s imperative that we celebrate the worst of human achievement– which is often the best. And DJ Cuzzo D delivers with his Bad At Rap mix, originally done for Dublab. This is just a masterful […]

Download: ZIP: P.O.W Best Of: Dam-Funk’s Soundcloud (Left Click) There isn’t a man on planet earth more deserving of the Funk Philanthropist of the Year award than Dam-Funk. That award, as I’m sure you know, doesn’t exist. But if said award did exist, Dam-Funk would’ve won for the last three or four years running, though […]

I suspect I may be done listening to xx albums considering they could wind up this generation’s Interpol — making murky music and repeating sonic patterns and textures until they eventually splinter off into the solo thing. With Jamie xx that might not be a bad thing, considering his minimal but immersive beats were always […]

Chris Daly beats in the trap. There only are so many hours in the day, and taking an hour to watch ?uestlove spin amidst head-nodding hipsters may not be your top priority — even if Questo is sporting a dope Prince tee. Hell, there are new episodes of Adventure Time to consume. We get it. […]